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TO THE READER: 

This little loook has been prepared for 
the purpose. of recalling more vividly to the minds 
of our former guests and patrons, recollections of 
the pleasant scenes and tranquil enjoyments of 
their previous visits, and by these happy reminis- 
cences to remind them, (and through them their 
friends), of the unusual opportunities afforded at 
Richfield Springs for the enjoyment of rest, recre- 
ation, refined pleasures and renewed health. 



The experience of many invalids has shown that the greatest benefit is derived 
by taking a course of baths early in the season, and returning after a sojourn at 
Saratoga, the mountains, or the sea-shore, to take a second course. Persons in deli- 
cate health following this plan may find a choice of rooms more easily obtainable, 
and avoid the excitement of the midsummer season. 

The following analysis of the New Si'RIXG was recently made under the 
supervision of Prof. F. LeRoy Satterlee, M.D., Ph. D., of New York City, who 
has devoted much time to the study of Rhtnmatism and allied disorders. 

ANALYSES or SLILPIIUR SPRING. 

Temperatare 30' Fahrenheit. 

One U. S. Gallon of 231 cubic inches contains : 

OKAINS. 

Hydrosulphuric Acid, (free) . . . ... 3, -'76 

Sulphuric Acid in Sulphates : 

Calcium Sulphate, jMaguesium Sulphate, Sodiiun Sulphate and 

Potassium Sulphate, ....... 76,587 

Sulphur in Sulphides : 

Calcium Sulphide, &c., ....... 4,366 

Sulphur in Hyposulphites : 

Calcium Hyposulphite, &c., ...... 2, 376 

Chlorine in Chlorides : 

Sodium Chloride and Potassium Chloride, .... 1,372 
Carbonic Acid in Carbonates : 

Calcium Carbonate and Magnesium Carbonate, . . . 9,264 

Lime, .......... 39,381 

Magnesia, ......... 13,763 

Soda, .......... 12.730 

Potassa, .......... S,222 

Silica, .......... 0,911 

Alumina, .......... 0,104 

Iron Oxide, ..... .... o,2i3 

Lithium, ..... ..... 0,921 

Strontium, . ... ..... a trace 

Barium, ........ . . a trace 



Total Solids 



170,815 



LOCATION * OF * RIGHFIELD ^ SPRINGS, 

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DISTANgES AND POINTS OF gOMPASS M RAILWAY. 



Ne-wr York Gity 
Philadelphia 
Boston 
Albany- 
Saratoga Springs 
Rochester 
Kiagara Falls 
Uti-a 
Thousand Islands 



to Richfield Springs, North V/sst. 233 miles 

North, . . . 300 

V/est. . . . 300 

" . . . . 100 

" . . 100 

"ast 150 

"... 200 

South, ... 30 

"... 140 



The Ne'w AMEiiicAH, 

P^ICHFIELD SPRINGS, f(. Y., 

URIAH WELCH, Owner and Proprietor, 

Opens June 13th, Closes Septennber" loth. 

rtK»tu»icatfons at other times than aho7'e months should be sent to the 
ST. NICHOLAS. NEW YORK CITY. 




MAP OF NORTHERN AND CENTRAL NEW YORK. 



Richfield Springs, N, Y, 



ITS lOeSTIOH AND ATTRACTIONS, 





SULPHUR SPRING. AND PARK. 



9 Richfield Springs, N. V. 

There is not in the wide world a valley so sweet 

As that vale, in whose bosom the bright waters meet; 

Oh, the last rays of feeling and life must depart 

Ere the bloom of that valley shall fa<le from my heart I 

— Thomas Moork. 
locality of the springs. 

THE SPRINGS are situated in the norih-easterly portion of tlie 
county of Otsego, bordering on the county of Herkimer, in the 
midst of a region unsurpassed in reputation for healthfulness and 
longevity, as well as for the natural lieauty of its scenery. The village 
of Riclifield is in its altitude not less than twelve hundred feet above the 
valley of the historical Mohawk, and distant about ten miles from it, 
while the valley of the Susquehanna, but little more remote, lies in the 
opposite direction. The Springs are situated upon the elevated region 
between the two. The landscape is variegated with undulaiing hills and 
vales and villages, while numerous lakes lie sleeping about, being the 
most beautiful in the Empire State. 

Independent of the l)enefit to \k. derived from the mineral waters, no 
more desirable residence can be found for delicate persons during the 
Summer and Fall months. The air is invigorating, never oppressively 
hot, the thermometer ranging from 60° to 80° during the summer 
months, rendering exerci-^e in the open air enjoyable, and devoid of 
fatigue at any hour of the day. 

Its drainage and elevation are j>robably the .source of its great salu- 
brity, and it is the most healthful summer resort for those desiring a 
change from sea air, absolutely free from mosquitoes and malaria, and 
a safe retreat from hay fever. 

The temperature is delightful, several degrees less than the river val- 
leys or New York City the nights lieing always coul and refreshing. 
There is withal an unusual clearness in the atmosphere which enables 
the elevation to command views of landscape unsurpassed in l^auty and 
jrandeur. Behind every root and tree there is a hidden spirit 



The iVtTU) At/uriciin. 9 

peeping out, for il is v/ith the neighborhood of this place that 
some of the most renowned of Cooper's fictions have incorporated them- 
selves with the landscape. All these circumstances combine to give in- 
terest to the strolls, drives, and rides, the fishing and pleasure parties, 
which of late years are so popular at Richfield Springs. 

Richfield is one of those rare centres toward which the cultivated and 
the intellectual naturally gravitate, for here they find, gathered as it 
were into a magnetic centre, whatever is essential to the highest pleasure 
of the senses, as well as of the mind. Its attractions are so genuine, 
so far beyond all that is false and meretricious, that ni> one experi- 
ences anything like satiety. Richfield grows upon one like a friend. 
There is a natural simplicity, an elegant repose, a breezy freshness about 
the spot which captivate the senses and fascinate the mind. Season 
after season you will meet the same faces, and this contributes to give 
a home-like aspect to the place. 

'Twas that friends, the beloved of my bosom, were near, 
Who made every dear scene of enchantment more dear, 
And who felt how the best charms of Nature improve 
When we see them reflected from looks that we love. 

— Thomas Moore. 

FISHING. 

Are you a disciple of Izaak Walton ? Here streams and lakes abound. 
The still-water fishing is excellent, and trouting in the neighboring 
brooks offer great sport. 

" Piincess of lakes, how I love 
Upon thy flowery banks to lie. 
And view thy silver stream. 
When gilded by a Summer's beam ! 
And in it all thy wanton fry 
Playing at liberty, 
And with my angle upon them 

The all of treachery 
I ever learn'd indusliiously to try !" 



lo Kiclifield Springs, N. Y. 

HUNTING AND GAME. 
Are you a hunter? The woods abound in woodcock, partridges 
squirrels and other game. 




HORSEBACK RIDING. 
What a 'djiUi thought of triumph, that this girlish katui 
Such a steed in the might of his strength may command I 
What a glorious creature 1 \\\ ! glance at him now , 
As I check liim a while on this green hillock's brow; 
How he tosses his mane, with a shrill joyous neigh, 
And paws the firm earth in his proud, stately piny ! 
Hurrah ! off again, dashing on as in ire, 
Till the long, flinty pathway is flashing with fire ! 
Ho ! a ditch ! — Shall we pause ? No; the bold leap we dare, 
Like a swift-winged arrow we rush through the air ! 
Oh, not all the pleasures that poets may praise, 
Not the 'wildering waltz in the ball-room's blaze, 
Nor the chivalrous joust, nor the daring race. 
Nor the swift regatta, nor merry chase, 
Nor the sail, high heaving waters o'er, 
Nor the rural dance on the moonlight shore. 
Can the wild and thrilling joy exceed 
Of a fearless leap on a fiery steed ! 

— (iRACK CiREENWdDD. 



The N'cio American. 



ROMANTIC SWAINS AND DAMES. 



"Are you a lover, or melancholy swain, seeking for 'some one to 
love?' Then Richfield, with its wild woods and its coteries of pretty 
maids, is the very spot for thee." 




BALCONY OF NEW AMERICAN. 



How calm and quiet a delight 

Is it, alone 
To read, and meditate, and write, 

By none offended, and offending none ! 
To walk, ride, sit, or sleep at one's own ease; 
And, pleasing one's self, none other to displease. 



The New American 



KICHFIELI) SI'RINCS, N. Y. 

THE LOCATION of The A'eiu Anieriam is the finest at the Spiini^s 
and is especially convenient to the baths. Large airy rooms, open 
fire places, steam heat in the halls and public rooms, with every 
comfort for those accustomed to the best society and first-class accommo- 
dations. The supplies are the best that the market affords and are daily 
received from New York City, being selected by the steward of iny New 
York hotel, ^'The St. Nicholas.''^ The Ntiv American, newly fitted 
and made complete in every desirable appointment, is not excelled, in 
these particulars, by any hotel in this country. We quote as applicable a 
STANZA FROM "THE CASTLE OF INDOLENCE." 

A pleasing land of drowsy-head it was. 

Of dreams that wave before the half-shut eye; 

And of gay castles in tlie clouds that pass, 
Forever flashing round a summer sky ! 

There eke the soft delights, that witchingly 
Listill a wanton sweetness through the breast, 

And the calm pleasures, always hovered nigh ; 
But vvhate'er smacked of noyance or unrest, 
Was far, far off expelled from this delicious nest. 

Letter from the Rev. Dr. Ormiston, of the Fifth Avenue Dutch 
Reformed Church, New Yorl< : 

Seldom, if ever, have I enjoyed so delightful a holiday as the ten days I spent last 
Summer at Richfield Springs. The place is as remarkable for the great variety 
and rare beauty of the surroundmg scenery as for the refreshing coolness and invigor- 
ating salubrity of the pure atmosphere. 



The New American. 13 

This charming rural village is situated about 1,700 feet aoove ihe level of the sea, 
in the midst of a number of wood-crowned hills, whose sides, and the valleys lying 
between, are under good cultivation. A nu.nber of lovely lakes, fed by streamlets 
from the hills, lie in quiet beauty in the immediate neighborhood, easy of access to all 
who enjoy the exhilaration of an early morning walk, or the soothing influence of an 
evening ramble. Lake Canadarago, invested with the charm of many an Indian legend, 
and enchanting as an English lake or Scottish loch, is within one mile of the village, 
and furnishes every facility for rowing and fishing. 

Otsego Lake, a gem of crystal clearness, rendered classic by the home, the pen, and 
the grave of Cooper, is within six miles. Its variegated shores, historic reminiscences, 
Indian tales, and literary associations all combine to make it an object of intense and 
memorable interest to ail visitors. 

Good country roads lead in every direction, over hill and dale, through wood and 
glen, by rippling brook and dashing cascade, past home-like farm houses and venerable 
mansions of ante-revolutionary record, so that an agreeable variety of drives may be 
daily enjoyed. 

The Springs, which give the name and partially the celebrity to the place, are 
regarded as specially beneficial to all suffering from rheumatism and diseases of the 
blood. 

The New American, recently purchased by Mr. U. Welch, of the St. Nicholas, 
New York, and refitted and refurnished at great expense, is second to no hotel in the 
country in its appointments and arrangements for the comfort and convenience of 
guests. The fact that The New American is under the personal superintendence of 
•'mine host" of the St. Nicholas, is a sufficient guarantee that all which prolonged 
experience, abundant resources, and courtly attention can furnish will there be found. 

As a place for the invalid or the wearied, seeking health and recreating rest, Rich- 
field Springs presents strong attractions, and The New American opens for them a 
door to a home. I hope I may, at some future day, have the privilege of revisiting 
that scene of healthful, life-inspiring enjoyment. 

W. Ormiston. 
New York, Jan., 1882. 

Extract from a letter from F. H. Boynton, M. D., of 22 West 38th 
Street: 

During my visit to Richfield Springs last Summer, I was much 
impressed with the beauty of its location and surroundings. The yearly 



14 Richfield Spriri^s, N. Y. 

increase in number of visitors, gives evidence of its growing popularity 
as a Summer resort. Its many pleasant drives and picturesque scenery, 
and lakes, nffording opportunity for boating and excellent fishing, render 
it an attraction to pleasure seekers. Its Springs (Sulphur, Magnesia 
and Iron) have been found very beneficial in rheumatic and skin affec- 
tions. Its freedom from malarial diseases and hay fever, makes it a 
desirable place of residence for those suffering from these complaints. 

While there I observed the good effect of these waters upon cases of 
acute and chronic inflammatory, fibrous and muscular rheumatism, gout, 
and skin diseases in a marked degree. 

Having derived decided benefit in ray own case — librous rheumatism 
— from the use of the waters, it is my intention to spend my vacation 
there next summer. 



RHAD KKFKREXCKS f)N P M^KS 34, 35; 3^ & 37. 



THE NEW AMERICAN. 

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Frontage, 175 feet. Extkemr Dfpth of iloxEL, ^150 fekt. 

Accommodations for 500 Guests. 

The situation is such that all the rooms arc open to light, sun and air, and have a 
pleasant outlook on the grouwds and park. The working departments are entirely 
removed from the main body of the hotel. 



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THE NEW AMERICAN. 



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SULPHUR SPRING AT THE NEW AMERICAN. 

Among llie attractions at the Nno American is a spouting spring of 
leautiful sulphur water rising eight feet above the surface of the ground. 



The A'ew American. 



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DRIVES AND OBJECTS OF PLEASURE. 

The drives in and about Richfield Springs are many and channinij ; 
.chief in point of attractiveness is the twelve-mile drive around Canada- 
rago Lake, on which the village is located. 

C.\NADARAGO LAKE. 

Canadarago Lake, widely known for the Lidian tales associated with 
it, lies one mile from the center of the village, and is five miles long by 
two miles broad. It is one of those limpid sheets of which Central New 
York has so many, and has been pronounced by Continental travelers 
to be without a rival outside of Italy. It is set in mountains like a gem, 
and a beautiful island, nine acres in extent, breaks its surface and adds 
to the loveliness of the view. 

At the shore of Canadarago Lake are pleasant groves, with boats 
and fishing-tackle, croquet and archery grounds, bowling-alleys, a shoot- 
ing-gallery, etc. 

On thy fair bosom, silver lake, 

O I could ever sweep the oar, — 
When early birds at morning wake, 

And evening tells us toil is o'er. 

James Gates Percival. 





20 Richfield Springs, JV. Y. 

LAKEVIEW. 

Lakeview, at Ihe lower part of the lake, affords a very attractive 
view. 




Otsego Lake, which is reached by an enjoyable drive of six miles, 
Ls renowned as the • ' Glimmerglass " of Cooper's " Deerslayer, " on 
account of the wonderful mirror-like beauty and clearness of the water. 
A line of stages, including a six-horse "Tally-ho" coach, leares the 
Springs three times daily, connecting at the head of the lake with the 



The Nexv Amerioan. 21 

steamer " Naiiy Bumppo " for Five-Mile Point, Three-Mile Point, and 
Cooperstown. 

THE VAN HORNESVILLE CAVES AND WATEKFALI^. 

Ten miles distant from Richfield Springs are objects of surpassing 
beauty. The formation of the rocks is very remarkable, while the rush 
jif water through this romantic glen makes it a most pleasant resort. 




Riclifield Springs, A'. )'. 

FROM THE SONG OF "HIAWATHA." 

Witli him dwelt his dark-eyed daughter, 

Wayward as the Minnehaha, 

With her moods of shade and sunshine, 

Eyes that smiled and frowned alternate 

Feet as rapid as the river, 

Tresses flowing like the water, 

And as musical a laughter; 

And he named her from the river, 

From the waterfall he named her, 

Minnehaha, Laughing Water. 

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■ O my beloved rocks that rise 
To awe the earth and brave the skies, 

From some aspiring mountain's crown 
How dearly do I love, 

Giddy with pleasure, to look down, 
An:l, from the vales, to view the noble heights above! 



Tlie A^'xv Aimricatt. 23 

Waiontha Mountain is two miles east of Richfield Springs, on 
its summit is an Observatory seventy feet high, affording a magnificent 
view of the surrounding country. The range of vision is more than one 
hundred miles in, extent, including part uf the Adirondack region, and 
Otsego. 

Panther Mountain, one mile to the south-east, and named for a 
great Mohican hunter, is as densely covered with forest as in the days of 
the red man. 

Mohican Hill, the Hog Back, Rum Hill, Prospect Hill on 
the outskirts of the village, THE Kyle, with its subterranean streams, 
and the remarkable subterranean caverns, known as Kenyon's Cave, 
are among other points of interest within easy reach. 

Be full, ye courts: be great who will; 
Search for Peace with all your skill; 
Open wide the lofty door, 
Seek her on the marble floor. 
In vain you search ; she is not there ! 
In vain you .search the domes of Care ! 
Grass and flowers Q)uiet treads, 
On the meads and mountain-heads, 
Along with Pleasure, close allied. 
Ever by each other's side, 

John Dyer. 



Physicians. 



ALL prominent physicians are now familiar with the wontlerful effect 
of Richfield climate and its sulphur waters, and are resj^ectfnllj 
referred to. 
The resident physicians of Richfield Springs are Drs. Norman 
Gktman, Wm. B. Grain, and Alfred C. Grain. 



[From The Gazette, Washington, D. C] 

Art Studies and Other Notes, 



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TUDYING art by contrast is one of the best ways to judge of the 
quality of the work, if one is not color-blind, art-blind, and 
blinded by prejudice. 



The "New American," at Richfield Springs, now owned by Uriah 
Welch, proprietor also of the St. Nicholas Hotel, New York, offers another 
proof of the advance in artistic ideas. Mr. Welch expended more than 
$50,000 last year on his hotel at Richfield Sprmgs. It is large and 
handsomely furnished, the gentlemen's reception room being especially 
attractive. Stuffed birds of every description, and other game found in 
the country about Richfield, makes this room a study in natural history. 
The main hall and parlors, during the early evenings of September, with 
their open hearths and sparkling fires, the old fashioned crane, the steam- 
ing tea kettle, the log beside the mantels, very handsome ones, "grand- 
mother's wheel " and the odd, picturesque chairs which all the grand 
dames contemplated with longing eyes, and the latest accessories of 
modern ease and elegance, blended harmoniously. The garden and 
court were another pleasant feature. Mr. Welch will make many 
improvements at Richfield for another season. The St. Nicholas, of 
New York, under Mr. Welch's personal supervision, is one of the best 
hotels in the land. I am reminded of a bit of history concerning Rich- 
field. 

Dr. W. T. Bailey, in his book, "Richfield Springs and Vicinity," 
Fives an interesting sketch of George Rol)ert Twelve Hewes, who was 



20 Richfield Springs, N. V. 

bom in the city of Boston, November 5lh, 1731. Mr. Lossing, in his 
history of the Revolution, gives a long account of Mr. lievves, who was 
foremost in the destmction of the tea at Boston. This gentleman, witli 
several others disguised as Indians, boarded the several ships and worked 
so vigorously that within the space of three hours three hundred and 
forty-two chests of tea were broken up and their contents thrown into 
the dock. When the Americans invested the city of Boston and many 
j)atriots were shut up under the vigilant eyes of the British officers, 
Hewes was among them. G. R. T. Hewcs, Jr., settled at Richfield, 
and the hero o{ this sketch died there, at the home of his son, Novemlxr 
5th, 1840, aged one hundre<] and nine years and two months. I visited 
the old graveyard, and saw his tombstone, as also that of his wife who 
lived to a good old age. B. ]!. 




STEAMER NATTY BUMPPO AND STAGE COACHES. 



[From the Cincinnati Gazetlr.] 

Richfield Springs, N. Y, 



Richfield Springs, N. Y., June 25. — Upon the side of a hill among 
an ocean of hills, at an elevation of over 1,700 feet above the level of the 
sea, the tourist in search of health or quiet recreation will find the charm- 
ing village of Richfield Springs surrounded by the most fascinating 
scenery the imagination can conceive. The principal claim of this truly 
rural resort is the balminess of its air and general salubrity of ils climate, 
but from a medicinal point of view it also boasts of the most curative sul- 
phur spa in America. 

The railroad that brings the visitor to Richfield Springs halts at the 
depot and goes no further — as much as to say: "You remain here; this 
is the place you are looking for;" and, truly, if the object of the traveler 
is to enjoy rest, to enjoy lovely rambles, charming drives, excellent boat- 
ing and good fishing, together with good living and the most select 
society, then, indeed, he need go no further. Richfield Springs is one of 
the quietest places in creation, and it would not suit the tastes of a fas*. 
man or a fast woman — we mean those people who desire ostentation and 
live for it. But that portion of the community who seek in vain for a 
summer resort where all is comfort and repose, having once found Rich- 
field Springs will never forget to visit it annually when health or disposi- 
tion demand thorough reslfulness. Hence it is that of the 3,000 or so 
visitors that come here nearly all are annual visitors, and, strange to say, 
they come from almost every State in the Union, and even from the 
remotest Territories. Why, then, one may ask, are there not more people 
at Richfield Springs? That is a question that is often asked, but may 



28 Richfield Springs, N. Y. 

be answered very readily by saying the people who now come here are 
not anxious that the place shall be crowded. They have a good thing, 
and, to use a very expressive slang phrase, they do not wish to "give it 
away." In other words, they do not desire to make the place common, 
hence they never invite any but their very best and warmest friends to 
visit Richfield Springs, and true it is that if the people of lai-ge cities 
knew of half the real attractions of this place it would soon lose 
one of the main aUractions it now boasts of, and that is its rare real, un- 
artificial life. 

A couple of streets of quiet, rustic, lovely cottages, two large hotels, 
a few small hotels or boarding houses, and eight or ten country stores, 
and Richfield Springs is enumerated, all save the four or five churches 
and the numerous feathered tribes, and these latter are quite innumer- 
able. Probably there is no village in America known as a resort that 
could give such an enormous census of birds, and they include every 
species of song bird known in the Northern and Eastern States. Along 
the line of the main street, which is more like a beautiful road leading 
through a park than a street, the robins have nests in every tree, and as 
every house, even the humblest, has a garden or lawn, either in the 
front or rear, the robins can be counted in them in scores, and so tame 
are they that one can almost handle them. A more delightful spot for 
children could hardly te found on earth. From the village streets wher- 
ever the eye wanders it goes up, up to some lofty hill fantastically 
crowned with trees of a greenness as beautiful as the emerald, and these 
again rest against a sky of such pure amethystic blue as forms at all 
times a picture refreshing to the mind and invigorating to the senses. 
The breezes from the myriads of hills come hither and thither, never, 
even on the hottest day of summer, being absent, but in zephyrs sway- 
ing the tops of the tall trees that line every street and avenue within and 
around the village for miles. 

Of the curative waters and liaths, it may be remarked that all leading 



The A'ezv AmtriiiJii. 29 

physicians througnout the country are familiar with their properties and 
can inform the reader better of their usefulness than we can, but of the 
pure salubrious air no words can exaggerate its importance, and it is as 
much a peculiarity of this locality as it is of Montpelier in France, on the 
shores of the Mediterranean, a place renowned for ages for its pure air 
and mild climate. 




Within a mile, along a most romantic walk, is the charming Lak'_- 
Canadarago. It is five miles long, and varies from one to two miles in 
width. A small hotel, the "Lake House," stands on its margin, and here 
boats and bait for fishing can l)e hired for a small price. As lovely a sheet 
of water as Switzerland or any country under the sun can boast, isCana- 



3° Richfield Springs, N. Y. 

darago. At a distance of six miles, over the mountains, is situated 
Lake Otsego, immortalized by Cooper, and on its delightful border is 
Cooperstown, named in honor of the novelist. Omnibuses and four- 
horse stages run to the lake, and small steamers ply on it. Coopers- 
town itself looks the very picture of a Swiss hamlet, surrounded, as it 
is, by scenes of peerless beauty. The widely diversified panoramas of 
mountain, hillside, lake, and valley within the environments of what 
may be called the surroundings of Kichfield Springs, presents irresisti- 
ble fascinations to the mere tourist, the invalid, or sportsman who is a 
Walton, for these surrounding lakes abound in perch, bass, pickerel, etc. 
The drives are almost innumerable, and through a country smiling with 
plenty. The hop-poles, with their vines, of which there are acres scat- 
tered here and there, diversify the landscape and remind one of Kent, 
England. From an oliservatory near by the eye can survey the country 
for fifty miles, including six different lakes. The Hog Back is a pecul- 
iar hill of great height, afifording views of extraordinary beauty. In its 
immediate locality is a great natural wonder called by the natives "The 
Kyle," a great natural basin, into which flows a mountain stream of 
considerable volume and then disappears through a number of openings 
into the ground and goes — no man has ever found out where ! No 
railroad whistles or bell ringing at all hours of the day at Richfield 
Springs ! No omnibuses rattle over streets ! No sounds of city life. 
All is absolute quiet save occasionally the clear ringing sound of the 
village blacksmith's hammer, the robin's morning and evening song, or 

"THE bees' dreamy CHIME." 

And yet there is life and enough to satisfy an ordinary mortal in a 
a quiet way. The Spring Park shows throngs of gaily dressed ladies 
promenading, or on rustic seats plying their needles or reading. The 
well ordered carriages pass through the village street, either going to or 
returning from the drive, and when the train from New York is due in 



The New American. 31 

Ihe evening, the village actually wakes up for half an hour, and at one 
view shows its entire population. But by eight o'clock all is again still, 
almost as Spring Grove Cemetery, except on hop nights, when alternatel}- 
at the Spring House or American Hotel, on certain evenings during the 
week, those who care to indulge in the dancing, to music that is not all 
a noise, but to the best that New York City can furnish in string bands, 
can amuse themselves to the heart's content. But even the nights of 
revelry at Richfield Springs are subdued and quiet, and moderation 
guides every step, and hence those who sojourn here leave it with that 
inestimable boon that King Solomon said was the greatest possession that 
man could have — good health. 

The principal hotel of Richfield Springs is the New American, owned 
by the well-known Uriah Welch, Esq., proprietor of the St. Nicholas 
Hotel, of New York, accommodating about five hundred guests. The 
New American is directly opposite the park and the celebrated sulphur 
springs. The American is a modern hotel in every sense of the wortl, 
and not being the rendezvous of a miscellaneous crowd, as large hotels 
are at common resorts, it is rather an elegant home than a hotel. Here 
spaciousness seems to have l^een the main aim, and this is carried out in 
everything — piazzas, j^arlors, halls, dining-rooms, everywhere. Some of 
those persons who live in little rooms at so called fashionable wateriag 
places, which are so small that a cat could not be gently swung arouad 
by the tail, would open their eyes in wonder at the size of the sleeping 
rooms in this house, and such ample furniture, too, and such air in 
every department ! Three-fourths of the people who live in hotels have 
no idea of how the other fourth, who are thoroughly posted , live. 15 is 
only by traveling about one finds the thing out. It is safe to say thai 
the rooms in the New American are double, and in many cases triple, 
the size of those ordinarily to be found in summer hotels. 

But this is also a winter hotel as well as a summer one, and this is a 
provision that is an innovation in its way. Everybody knows that under 



32 Richfield Springs, N. Y. 

our variable climate we sometimes have in the height of summer a coupli; 
of cold, damp, wet days with all the horrors of midwinter. At such a 
time the New American in half an hour puts on a new phase, and lo ! 
the parlors are made bright by the ruddy glow of huge logs ablaze in the 
great open, old fashioned fireplaces, like unto those of the olden time, 
and besides, the dining-room is heated by steam. With these contrivances, 
if a bad day comes, life indoors is made cozy and comfortable. All 
through this great house one walks on the softest and richest of carpets, 
Even the office is carpeted to the street door, or rather avenue, lo^ 
avenue it is. The bar is carpeted, every floor everywhere is carpeted, 
The walls are hung with interesting pictures of real merit, and, as be- 
fore stated, the hotel is more like a home than a house of public enter- 
tainment. One of the greatest drawbacks to most country resorts is the 
fact that most of the hotels, even where they are first-class in all the ap- 
pointments, are behind the best city hotels in the matter of cuisine. Thi* 
is the point upon which the New American stands out in bold relief. 
Here is a bill of fare for you every day that might tickle the palate of ar 
Archbishop, or even a Grand Duke: Fresh fish from the lakes, nurnj 
varieties; fresh vegetables from the garden, milk and cream direct from 
the dairy, fresh young chickens that crow in the morning of the day they 
appear on the bill of fare, with all the etceteras that the New York 
markets furnish, cooked by chefs from the St. Nicholas. 

There are several ways of reaching Richfield Springs, but the most 
direct from New York City is via the 10:30 A.M. express, N. Y. C. & II. R. 
Railroad, drawing-room cars through without change, arriving at 7:3c 
P.M. Cincinnatians can intercept this train at Utica. Other routes from 
the East are by the Albany and Troy boats and the rail above mentioneti, 
or Delaware & Hudson Company's Susquehanna Division to Cooperstown, 
connecting with the Otsego Lake boats and stages, arriving at 7 P.M. ; 
also, l)y the Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad 8 A.RL train, 
via Delaware, Water Gap, Scranton, and Binghamton, arriving at 9 P.M. 



The New American. 33 

There are stages and private conveyances to be had at Herkimer, on 
the N. Y. C. Road on arrival of all trains, affording a most delightful 
twelve-mile drive over the hills through scenery unsurpassed in the 
State. 




Visitors, 



THE many patrons of the New American can be referred to, as to 
the standard of the House and its select company. 
We have only room in this pamphlet for a few of the prom- 
inent names from New York City of those who have been its guests 
during the present management: 



Aymar, Mrs. S. 
Aymar, Miss. 
Aymar, Mr. Wm. 
Acker, Mr, Chas. L. and wife. 
Allen, Mr. Edwin and wife. 
Alexander, Mr. Jno. E. 
Adsit, Mrs. Fannie E. 
Abernethey, Mrs. Chas. 
Allen, Dr. and Mrs. J. 
Adams, Mr. and Mrs. Sam'l R. 
Bates, Mr. E. C. and wife. 
BcII, Mrs. Wm. 

Blackford, Mr. E. G. and family. 
Brown, Mr. O. M. and wife. 
Beardslee, Mrs. Paul. 
Banker, Mrs. and Miss. 
Benkard, Mr. J. and family. 
Brown, Mr. and Mrs. Lewis B. 
Boynton, Dr. F. H. 
Blauvelt, Mr.J. H. 
Buckley, Dr. L. D. 
Briisl), Mrs. and Miss. 
Brush, Mr. Louis S. 



Borse, Mrs. Thos, and daughter. 
Barnard, President and Mrs. F. A. 
Baiz, Mr. Jacob and family. 
Barrios, President and family. 
Clinton, lion. Henry L. and wife. 
Cotting, Mr. A. and family. 
Coleman, Mr. Jas. H. and family. 
Currier, Mr. and Mrs. E. H. 
Chamberlin, Mr.J. and family. 
Culver, Mrs. A. R. and family. 
Chase, Mr. S. G. and wife. 
Cranston, Mr, Henry. 
Clarkson, Mrs. L. A. 
Chardavoyne, Mr. G. M. 
Colfax, Mr. E. A. and family. 
Coggeshall, Mr. and Mrs. E. 1.. 
Cooke. Mr. and Mrs. W. H. 
Chapman, I\Irs. C. B. 
Davi.s, Mr. J. W. and family. 
Delgado, Mr.J, M. and wife. 
Dayton, Miss Etta. 
Davis, Mrs. F. M. 
Dorr. Mrs. A. L 



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Dorr, Mrs. Maxwell. 
Deem>, Rev. Dr. Chas. 
Donnells, Mr. Nath. and wife. 
Douglas, Mr. Jiio. A. and family. 
Dltson, Mr. Charles H. 
DeLussan, Mrs. P. 
DeLussan, Miss Zalie. 
Eno, Mr. Amos R. and family. 
Everson, Mr. D. S. and wife. 
Elsworth, Miss S. A. 
Embury, Mrs. A. B. and daughters. 
Edson, Misses. 
Enriquez, Col. M. 
Fisher, Mr. E. A. and family. 
Farrington, Mr. E. A. and wife. 
Faulkner, Mr. E. H. and wife. 
Fanshawe, Mr. H. A. and family. 
Fisher, Mr. J. H. and family. 
Faye, Mr. Thos. and family. 
Fonda, Mr. Thos. and family. 
Farnum, Mr. W. H. and wife. 
Fisher, Mr. E. A. and family. 
Gilbert, Dr. J. B. 
Godfrey, C. Ii. and family. 
Grannis, Mr. J. IC. and wife. 
Graham, Miss. 

Gibbs, Mr. and Mrs. Theo. K. 
Gautier, Mrs. J. H. and family 
Garrison, Mrs. 
Gesner, Mr.s. and Miss. 
Gillespie, Mr. L. C.and family. 
Haight, Mr. E. C. and wife. 
Hartshorn, Mr. A. B. and wife. 
Harnett, Mr. Richard V. 
Hicks, Dr. and family. 
Hart, Mr. W. H. and wife. 
Houghton, Mr. F. R. and wife. 



Hitchings, Mrs. C. T. and family. 

Haight, Mr. H.J. and wife. 

Hale, Mr. James and family. 

Haight, Miss A. B. 

Hunter, iMrs.J. F. 

Hall, Mr. and Mrs. R. L. 

Hearn, I\Ir. Geo. A., Jr., and family. 

Hollins, Mr. H. B. and family. 

Halsey, Gen'l Robt, and family. 

Harris, Mrs. Edward. 

Haggin, Mr. B. A. and family. 

Hungerford, Mrs. 

Hoagland, Mrs. S. A. and family. 

Helm, Mrs. C. A. 

Hinkley, Mr. Chas. 

Jones, Col. Floj^d. 

Jones, Miss S. Floyd. 

Johnson, Mr. Bradish, Jr., and family. 

Kirkham, Mr. H. P. and family. 

Knapp, Mrs. A. E. 

Knapp, Mr. W. Percy. 

Kingsland, Mr. A. A. 

Kellogg, Mr. A. N. and family. 

LeBoutellier, Mr. George. 

Little, Mr. E. and family. 

Lord, Miss. 

Lord, Mr. and Mrs. D. D. 

Lorillard, Mrs. Pierre and family. 

Lent, Miss Alice. 

r^ent, Mr. Wm. B. 

Livingston, Mrs. L. 

Livingston, Mr. P. L. 

Musgrave, Mr. S. B. and family. 

Martinez, Mr. Alex, and family. 

McAlpin, Mrs. Ch. 

Marsh, Mr. A. and family. 

Morris, Mr. C. O. and family. 



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Richfield Springs, N. V. 



MsLean, Mr, Geo. H. and family. 

Marshall, Mrs. J. R. 

Muller, Mr. A. H. and family. 

Mygatt, Mr. W. R. and wife. 

McLean, Misses E. and M. 

Mortimer, Mr. and Mrs. J. H. 

Millan, Miss F. 

Mauriac, Mr. and Mrs. £. A. 

Mesier, Mr. L. 

Meeker, Mr. C. B. and family. 

Nevins, Mr. R. L. and family. 

Nott, Dr. F.J. 

Ormiston, Rev. Dr. and wife. 

O'Donohue, Mr. T. J. 

Obrig, Mr. A, and wife. 

Olcott, Mrs. and Miss. 

Prentice, Mrs. Wm. P. and family. 

Pearsall, Mr. Thos. E. and family. 

Pardee, Mrs. 

Peck, Mr. Charles M. and family. 

Rapallo, Mr. E. T. 

Robbins, Mr. Amos. 

Robbins, Mr. A. S. and family. 

Razee, Mrs. S. W. 

Rathbum, Mr. O. J. 

Remsen, Miss Lizzie. 

Rayner, Mr. and Mrs. J. A. 

Robbins, Mr. G. A. and family. 

Roberts, Mr. Chas., Jr. 

Roberts, Mr. and Mrs. J. K. 

Robinson, Miss May. 

Robinson, Miss Bertha. 

Redmond, Mr. W. 

Reyburn, Mr. and Mrs. W. S. 

Sloane, Mr. Geo. H. and wife. 

Shephard, Mr. Elliott F. and wife. 

Squires, Mr, G. H, and wife. 



Sands, Mr, D, C, and wife, 
Stedman, Mr, E, C. and family. 
Schermerhorn, Mr. Chas. and wife. 
Sherman, Mr, B. B. and wife. 
Sloane, Mrs. Geo. 
Sloane, Miss. 
Stedman, Mr. Arthur G. 
Sillcocks, Mr. W. S, and family. 
Seabury, Mrs. H. 
Schmidt, Mr. and Mrs. Wm. 
Spencer, Mrs, Oscar H, 
Smith, Mr. Charles H. and family. 
Stevens, Mr. Jno. R. and family. 
Smith, Mr. J. B. and family. 
Stoddard, INIr. and Mrs. R. H. 
Smith, Mr, Ed. F. 
Townsend, Mr. R, H, L, and wife. 
Tappan, Mrs, f . U. and daughter. 
Thorn, Mr. G. A. and family. 
Townsend, Mr. Geo. Alfred and wife. 
Todd, Mr. Robt. F. and wife. 
Thompson, Mr. C. A. and family. 
Travers, Mrs. and Miss. 
Travers, Mrs. Gilbert and family, 
Thompson, Mrs. A. E, 
Townsend, Mrs, Isaac, 
Townsend, Miss. 
Utley, Mrs. H. 
Van Buren, Mr. Jno. D. 
Van Nest, Mrs. and Miss. 
. Vanderbilt, Mrs. W. H. and family. 
Van Volkenburgh, Mr. and Mrs. P. 
Vanderbilt, Mr. J. H., Jr., and family. 
Vanderbilt, Mr. John. 
Vanderbilt, Miss. 
Vanderhoef, Mr. G. W. 
Work, Mr. Frank. 



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37 



Work, Miss. 

Wharton, Mr. W. F. and family. 
Wing, Mr. Chas. T. and family. 
Whitney, Mr. D, J. and wife. 
Wilson, Mr. Jno. D. and wife. 
Wysong, Mr. Jno. J. and wife. 
Wall, Mrs. Chas. and family. 
Watson, Mr. Jno. H. and family. 
White, Dr. T. H. 
Wilson, Mrs. C. H. 



Work, Mr. George. 
Wood, Mr. and Mrs. T. H. 
Wetherell, Mr. and Mrs. N. 
Work, Mr. and Mrs. Jno. C. 
Whitman, Mr. N. 
Warren, Mr. and Mrs. Ira D. 
Wright, Mr. J. Hood and family. 
White, Mr. and Mrs. S. Nelson. 
Williams, Mr. Jno. L. and family. 
Williams, Mrs. and Miss. 



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?\5feS¥iS»©» ^©&'g>'®l 



AMERICAN i INSTITUTE + OF + CHRISTIAN + PHILOSOPHY 

Will be held at Richfield Springs, beginning en Tuesday, 
Atigust 2l8t, and closing on Thursday, August 30th, 1883. 
Popular Lectures -will be delivered on TIMELY TOPICS ol 
Philosophy and Religion, together v/ith discussions of the 
themes, in which many learned and genial gentlemen -will 
participate. Lectures have already been engaged from 
Prest. DARLING, c: Hamilton College, 

Rev. Dr. DEEKS, of Kew York, 

Rev. Dr. ERRET, of Cincinnati, 
Rev. Dr. FRANCIS L. PATTOH, of Princeton, 

Prest. PORTER, of Yale College, 

Prest. POTTER, cf Union College, 
Rev. Dr. RYLANCE, of New York, 

Prof. V/ELCH, of Auburn, 

and Prest. WHITE, of Cornell. 
Rev. Dr. JOSEPH PARKER, of London, is expected. 
Others may be Secured. 
It will be a delightful reunion of cultivated and cele- 
brated men brought together by the American Institute of 
Christian Philosophy. A special programme Virill be announced 
before the assembling cf the School. 

Those v/ho desire information in regard to the American 
Institute of Christian Philosophy, may address its President, 
Charles F. Deems, D.D., LL.D., Pastor of the Church of the 
Strangers, New York. 



RICHFIEI^D S$PRINGS. 



Main Street, 

Richfield Springs. 

©r. ALF(RE(B C^RAIM, 
LAKE STREET, 

^Richfield Springs, 

Dr. N. GETMAN, 

MAIN STREET, 
Office Hours: {pt°" p.-^J; RICHFIELD SPA, N. Y. 

Professor of MASSAGE, 

During July and August at - - Riehfield Springs. 

Balance of the Vear at - Windsor Hotel, Ne-w Vork. 



FIRST NATIONAL BANK, Richfield Springs, N.Y. 

NORMAN GETMAN, Pres., MYRON A. MeKEE, Cashier, 
TRANSACTS A GENERAL BANKING BUSINESS. 

Duy and sell Foreifrn Exchanges. Colloctioiis promptly remitted for at lowest rates. 
New York Correspondent, Mekcantii.e National Bank. 

Albanv, Nationai. Albany Esohanok Baitk, 



HOTELS. 



Among the very few strictly first-class Hotels in New York may be 
mentioned the following, which are especially noted for elegance, 
as well as for that particular attention which contrib- 
utes so much to comfort. 



ALBEMARLE HOTEL, 

European Plan, 

MADISON SQUARE & TWENTY-FOURTH STREET. 



FIFTH AVENUE HOTEL, 

American Plan. MADISON SQUARE. 

GRAND HOTEL, 

European Plan, 

BROADWAY, CORNER THIRTY-FIRST STREET. 



UTICA. N. Y. 



Tonrists lor Richfield. Springs, Trenton Falls. Thousand 
Islands, and Niagara Falls, will lind BAGG'S HOTEL and the 
BUTTERFIELD HOUSE. Utiea, comfortable resting-places. Bagg's 
Hotel Farm, East Utica, a model hotel farm, supplies these 
hotels -with pure milk and cream from its celehrated Alder- 
ney herd, fresh vegetahlea, poultry, eggs, and creamery butter ; 
has for sale the very best Berkshire and small Yorkshire pigs, 
light Brahma fo-wls, and Alderney co-ws. 

T. R. PROCTOR, Proprietor. 



The business houses herein mentioned have an exceptional reputation 

for fair dealing, and can be fully relied upon by parties 

out of the city who may desire to send 

them orders. 



ACKEfR, ME(R(RALL &- COM^DIT, 

S7TH Stkekt and Sixth Avenue, Broadway and 42D Street, 

130 & 132 Chambers Street, 

NEW YORK. 

39 Rub de Chateaudun. raHs. ACKER, EDGAR & CO., Vonkfrs. 

Fine Wines, fiaiaua Kigars and Finest Family Kroceries. 



T. B. BYNNER, 

518 BROADWAY, 

(St. Nicholas Hotel), New Yokk. 



W. A. BLANCK, 

248 MADISON STREKT, NEW YORK, 



WILL SUPPLY FAMILIES WITH 



^67?^^ MILK AND CREAM. 

Refe!-> to the following Hotels supplied by him for last ten years: 
St. Nicholas Hotel, Uriah Welch; Windsor Hotel, Astor House, Metro- 
politan, GiLSEY House, Glenham and many others. 
All orders promptly and personally attended to. 



FINE CLOTHING 

Ready-Madk AM) TO Okdek. 

Reliable Goods. Reasonable Prices. 

Gentle[iicn absent from the city, by leaving their measure, can order on short notice 
by mail. 

DEVLIN & CO., 

CoK. Broadway and Warren Street, New York. 



L. F, DUPARQUET & HUOT. 

MANTJFACTUBEKS Ol" 

->->IMPERIAL COOKING RANGES,<- 

■With Ne-w Improved SHAKING GRATE and BROILERS, 

For Hotels, Steamboats, Families, and Restaurants. 

Also, COPPER, TIN AND CAST-IRON UTENSILS. 

24 & 26 WoosTER St., New York. 

D E M PSEY & CARROLL^ 

THE ART STATIONERS OF AMERICA, 

Monograms, Steel Dies, "Wedding Invitations, Cards. 
Finest Engrraving of all kinds. 

Nc. 46 EAST FOURTEENTH STREET, 

UNION SQUARE, SOUTH, NEAR BROADWAY. 
STORE or THE MERIDEN BRITANNIA CO. 

CHARLES W. DICKEL & CO.'S 

Riding Academy, 

NEW Ar.IEmCAN STABLES. RICHFIELD SPR INGS, 

F"rom 124 TO 13O West s6th STREErr, New York, 
Bet 6lh and 7lh Avenues. 



C. HARTFIELD, 

Successor to H. S. Danziger, 
PATENTEE AND MANUFACTURER OF 

MOTH'S ENEMY, INDIAN INSECT POWDER, AND 

INVINCIBLE MAGNETIC PASTE, 

Wholesale and Retail, 57 BOWERY, NEW YORK. 

Orders taken for clearing Houses and Ships of Bed Bugs, Water Bugs, Roaches, 
Moths, Fleas, &c. 

A. LlEBLER & Co., 

128th U. aud 10th AYeijue, 

Bottlers of DAVID G. YUENGLING, Jr.'s Celebrated 
LAGER BEER, ALE & PORTER. 

SPECIAL ATTENTION GIVEN TO BOTTLING FOR EXPORT. 

Wabbantkd to Keep in any Climate. 



WM, OTTMANN & CO,. 

BUTCHERS, 

FULTON MARKET, NEW YORK, 
Supply Superior Meats to Hotels, Restaurants and Families. 



Family orders solicited for all kinds of Marketing. 



DAVID G, YUENGLING, JR, S 

CELEBRATED LAGER BEER, 

ALE AND PORTER. 

128th STREET & 10th AVENUE, N.Y. 



IV. & y. SLOANE, 

ARTISTIC CA.RPETINGS. 

NOVELTIES IN 

Axminster, Wilton, Brussels and Tapestry. 
Eighteenth and Nineteenth Streets, Broadway, New York. 

CHAS. SCHLESINGER & SONS, 

Suceossors to SCHLESINGER & BI UMENTHAL 

Importers of BRANDIE2, WINES, mi Etc., Etc. 

92 and 94 LIBERTY STREET, 

NE-W YORK. 



E C. STEDMAN & CO., 

Bankers and Brokers, 

NO. 8 PINE STREET, NEl'W YORK. 
Members of the N. Y. Stock and Mining Exchanges. 

Stocks, Bonds, <fte., bought and sold on connnnission. In- 
vestments made. Interest allo'wed on deposits. 



SCHOOL FOr'^ YOUNG LADIES, 



BERGEN POINT, N. 

IN French and German. 

Rare .Advantac 

LEPHA N. CLARKE, A. B., Lady PrincipaL 



Natfvk Teachkbs in French and German. 

Rare .Advantagi's in Music and Art. 



EUGENE G. BLACKFORD, 

FISH, 



FULTON MARKET. 



& E. ROBBINS, 

FULTO N M ARKET. 

MIDDLETON, CARMAN & CO.. 

Fulton Market. 



KNAPP & YAH NOSTRAND, 
POULTRY, 

Washington Market. 



GEO. B. WEAVER, 

JAMES McCALL, 
Kouijtry Produce aud Fruits, 378 Sreei^wiclj Street. 

E. J. LA(RfRA(EEE S- CO., 

eFine. SSocmt, ^LBANY, Af^D 143 CH/iMBERS STI^EET, ^. Y. 



J. D. KINNER, Provision Dealer, 

52 & 54 CENTRE MARKET. "^""""^ "'iL.'^s'^^fcTa.t;.' ^^"''°' 



E. B. DOUGLASS & SON 

Finest Jerse_ 
New American and St. Nicholas. 



Maple Avepue Farn?, ShorGbam, Vt. .Jin-'J--y Butter, supplying 



NEW YORK. 

ALBEMARLE HOTEL, 

On the European Plan, 

Juijctioi? of Broadway, Fifth i?eijue and Tweuty-Fourth Street, 

MADISON SQUARE. 
He"ry-^wS. .} P'-^P"^^"'-" HEW YORK . 

Fifth Avenue Hotel, 

MADISON SQUARE, NE'VST YORK. 

The largest, best appointed, and most liberally managed kotel 
in He-vv Yorli. 

HITCHCOCK, DARLING & CO. 



GrRAJ\'(D HOTEL, 

BROADWAY, CORNER THIRTY-FIRST STREET. 

NE-W YORK. 

European Plan. ^eury Milford %m\i\ & Sou, 



Proprietors. 



SHELTER ISLAND, L. L, N. Y., 

This popular, quiet and shady sea-side resort -will be under 
the same management as last year. Its high reputation -will 
be maintained in every respect. Terms Reasonable. 

WILSON & CHATFIELD, Prop's. 
Address until Juno 30, The Sherwood, 5th Ave.. New York. 





BROAOWAY, 

URIAH AVJBLCH, - Proprietor. 



AN HISXOK.IC BIRO. 

The Cock is an important bird. He is historical. A cock assured Themistocles 
of his victory over Xerxes. Aristophanes tells us that he reigned supreme over Per- 
sia before the time of Darius and Megabazus. Num.i I'onipiliiis was inspired by a 
cock, and Romulus was influenced by the same bird in his decision as to the site of 
Rome. He was sacred to Mars, Apollo, Mercury and .(Esculapius. Mohammed 
found a cock in the first heaven, so huge a bird that his crest touched the second 
heaven. The Moslem doctors say that Allah lends a willing ear to him who reads the 
Koran, to hira who prays for pardon, and to the cock, whose chant is divine melody. 
When this cock ceases to crow the day of judgment will be at hand. The cock on 
church spires is to remind men not to deny their I. ord as Peter did. Peter le Neve 
says that the cock was the warlike ensign of the Goths, as it is to the present day of 
the Malays, and that therefore itw;is put in Gothic churches for ornament. When 
placed on hotels, as is customary in some parts of Switzerland and France, especially 
Normandy, and as is the cnse in one notable instance in New York, it is the emblem 
signifyinp' " Good cheer within." — London Graphic, 



ROUTE * FOR ^ HORSES * AND -^ CARRIAGES, 

OTHEI\\YiSE TH/il\ SHIPMENT BY RAIL. 



BOAT TO ALBANY, thence by the Great-Western 
Turnpike 



GASKIIIS 


16 miles 


ESPERANCE, ... 


32 " 


SLOANE VILLAGE 


36 


CARLISLE 


40 


SHARON SPRINGS, ... 


44 '• 


ROCKVILLZ 


45 


CHERRY VALLEY, .... 


52 ■• 


SPRINGFIELD CORNERS, 


37 " 


WEST SPRINGFIELD, 


39 " 


LITTLE LAKES 


63 ■' 


RICHFIELD SPRINGS, 


66 " 



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